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CHAPTER 8 - STATUS DISPLAY CODES ........................................................................................ 8-1
FRONT PANEL STATUS DISPLAY CODES .....................................................................................8-1
SELF TEST FEATURE.........................................................................................................................8-6
APPENDIX A - CONNECTOR CONFIGURATIONS .......................................................................A-1
ETHERNET RJ-45 10BASET CONNECTOR.....................................................................................A-1
10BaseT Topology and Cabling........................................................................................................A-1
SERIAL I/O CONNECTORS ...............................................................................................................A-2
What Is RS-232? ...............................................................................................................................A-2
Important Note ..................................................................................................................................A-2
CABLE CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES .........................................................................................A-3
Cable Length .....................................................................................................................................A-3
Cable Type ........................................................................................................................................A-3
RS-232 RJ-45 CONNECTOR SIGNALS .............................................................................................A-3
CABLES AVAILABLE FROM ALPHA MICRO ...............................................................................A-3
APPENDIX B - THE CONTROL CHARACTERS.............................................................................B-1
APPENDIX C - SUPER I/O ...................................................................................................................C-1
DISABLING SUPER I/O......................................................................................................................C-1
APPENDIX D - SCSI TERMINATION................................................................................................D-1
ATTACHING EXTERNAL DEVICES................................................................................................D-2
TERMINATOR POWER......................................................................................................................D-2
APPENDIX E - READ-AHEAD AND WRITE BUFFERING ...........................................................E-1
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. E-1
READ-AHEAD..................................................................................................................................... E-1
Controlling Read-Ahead ................................................................................................................... E-2
WRITE BUFFERING ........................................................................................................................... E-2
Potential Pitfalls ................................................................................................................................ E-3
Setting Up Write Buffering............................................................................................................... E-3
FINAL NOTES ..................................................................................................................................... E-4
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